Overview
- City Hall and Spielberg’s spokesperson confirmed the in-person meeting, which was not on the mayor’s public schedule.
- The conversation occurred Monday at Spielberg’s Central Park West apartment and lasted about an hour, according to reporting.
- Both parties agreed to keep the meeting private, with the mayor’s office declining to provide details beyond his return to work afterward.
- Reporting indicates a third party arranged the encounter and that attendees included Kate Capshaw, Theo Spielberg and his spouse, and mayoral advisor Morris Katz.
- There is no record of Spielberg contributing to Mamdani’s campaign, though the director is a prominent Democratic donor who recently became an official New York resident.